Abstract: The research subject is the peculiarities of teaching technical disciplines at the department of information science and special equipment of Barnaul Juridical Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. The research object is the educational process in a distance format. The authors consider such aspects of the topic as the peculiarities of online lectures and practical lessons. Special attention is given to the ways of solving the problem of the absence of special equipment at students’ places. The article contains examples of educational materials for the discipline “Special equipment of internal affairs bodies” and “Special Equipment” used at the department. The authors formulate the structures and peculiarities of lectures and practical lessons in online format. The authors’ special contribution is practical recommendations about the organization of various lessons in online format. The scientific novelty of the research consists in the development of the author’s technique of formation of practical skills of students during the lessons in technical disciplines in online format. The technique contains the concrete action plan for a teacher, the samples of guidelines materials, and assessment criteria, and helps effectively form competences in the field of special equipment for visual surveillance and documenting, during a two-hour practical lesson. Approaches used in this research can be also used for other educational specializations.